Decision details

The Cabinet will be asked to approve an interim technical guidance note setting out the minimum space standards that West Suffolk will seek on all new planning applications for the development of new housing.

RESOLVED:

That:

(1)     the adoption of an interim Technical Advice Note on Space Standards for Residential Development, as contained in Appendix A to Report No: CAB/SE/17/059,  be approved, in line with the Government’s Nationally Described Space Standards; and

(2)     when a new joint West Suffolk Local Plan is produced, it be noted that it is proposed to include requirements around space standards as part of a specific design policy.